Communications in Tanzania
Telephones - main lines in use: 127,000 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 30,000 (1999)
Telephone system:
fair system operating below capacity and being modernized for better service; VSAT (very small aperture terminal) system under construction
domestic:
trunk service provided by open wire, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being made digital
international:
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios: 8.8 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 3 (1999)
Televisions: 103,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 6 (2000)
Internet users: 300,000 (2002)
Country code (Top level domain): TZ
- See also : Tanzania
References
Information from the CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition.
